KARACHI, Dec 9: National Gymkhana and Eastern Stars CC reach the semifinal of All Karachi Haji Jalaluddin Memorial Tournament on Monday.

NG beat Azizabad Gymkhana by seven runs and ESCC defeated Gulshan XI by five wickets.

Yasir Abbas captured six wickets for 36 but his effort went in vain. NG batting first made 141-9 in 20 overs. AG in reply were restricted to 134-9.

In the other match Hyder Ahmed smashed 81 off 39 balls with nine fours and three sixes to power ESCC to victory.

Summarized scores:

NG bt AG by seven runs

NG 141-9 (Nadeem Tariq 45, Irfan Mushtaq 35, Faheem Ahmed 21; Yasir Abbas 6-36, Imran Fazal 3-19);

Azizabad Gymkhana 134-9 (Raheel Ali 43, Arshad Khan 40, Salman 31; Nadeem Ahmed 3-35, Ikram-ul-Haq 3-36).

ESCC bt GG five wicket.

Gulshan XI 172-9 (Shahid Aziz 57, Muhammad Anwar 49; Khaleequllah 4-31, Rizwan Khan 4-33);

ESCC 175-5 (Hyder Ahmed 81, Rizwan Khan 51; Asif Akhtar 3-43).—APP